Rent and salary in Québec: what the numbers mean
Québec · average rent 1 227 $/month
The average rent published for Québec is 1 227 $/month (Capitale-Nationale). Comparing it with a median wage, expressed in hours of work per month, is the fastest way to see whether a job offer makes sense in this city.
Where the rent costs the fewest hours
- 0.0 hours of rent per month — Spécialistes en chirurgie (NOC 31101)
- 0.0 hours of rent per month — Spécialistes en médecine clinique et de laboratoire (NOC 31100)
- 0.0 hours of rent per month — Juges (NOC 41100)
- 0.0 hours of rent per month — Omnipraticiens/omnipraticiennes et médecins en médecine familiale (NOC 31102)
- 0.0 hours of rent per month — Dentistes (NOC 31110)
How to read this
These are medians and averages, not offers and not availability: a median wage says what half of the workers earn, and an average rent hides the difference between neighbourhoods and housing types. Use them to eliminate impossible situations, then verify with an employer, a landlord and the official statistics.
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Source: published average rents by city and median hourly wages by occupation, as published in the Quebec salary-city dataset. Checked 2026-09-21 — verify the current values at the source.